Upload has started for pics from our trips to Hong Kong, Taipei, and Beijing. Should be done in 2 hours or so. Hong Kong is more of a re-org of previous pics plus our Lantau Island day. We went to Taipei to basically do an eating tour and visit our friend Linda. It didn’t disappoint, we ate at a great sushi place and sampled some local specialties. The condensed milk/shaved ice dessert was awesome. Beijing was also good, the great wall was nice as was all of the emperors’ playpens. Another thing that was interesting was the types of expats there. In Hong Kong/Shanghai, foreigners are mostly wealthy ibankers living apart from locals. In Beijing I saw a lot more mixing and foreigners speaking Chinese. In Shenzhen it’s mostly older white guys sourcing parts/materials for US companies. I guess it has to do with the types of opportunities available at each city.

In other news, we have started to finalize our plans for our return home (or back to America, home is kind of a fuzzy concept at this point). We are flying to San Francisco on 8/2, Seattle on 8/7, and then either driving or flying to New York the next weekend. Considering the previous 3 weekends to those we’ll be on vacation, it’s shaping up to be a busy 6 weeks or so. Ever since we actually finalized the return date and booked tickets, I have been getting more anxious to return home. Not sure why, probably just because we have a date set and can start counting down (37 days for those keeping score).

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